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Single-story homes in Taylorsville.
Every home listed as one story on the Taylorsville market, fed straight from the MLS and sorted newest first, with a clear read on what one level really means here at the center of the valley.
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Newest first
The newest single-story listings.
Fed straight from the local MLS and filtered to homes listed as one story: new Taylorsville listings appear here as they list, and sold homes drop off. The read on what one level really means here is just below.
Buying here
Read the floor plan, not just the front photo.
A single-story Taylorsville home usually means main-level living with a staircase down to finished or unfinished basement space below, so the real living area can run well past the main floor. Tell me your must-haves and I will have the Taylorsville-area partner agent I work with flag the next rambler that fits.
Selling here
Selling a Taylorsville rambler?
The single-story format is one of this city's defining housing types, and buyers on this page are searching for it specifically. List with the Taylorsville-area partner agent I connect you with and get featured here.
Listing information comes from the local MLS and is deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
The local read
What single-story homes mean in Taylorsville.
On a Utah listing sheet the word for a single-story home is rambler, what the rest of the country calls a ranch. The rambler is the signature Taylorsville product. When the area filled in through the 1970s and 1980s, still unincorporated Salt Lake County at the time, the single-level rambler went up in volume, and it still anchors the resale stock across the city. There are older mid-century pockets too, near the two historic cores: the original Taylorsville settlement out by the Jordan River and the Bennion settlement in the southwest, where the community predates the boom and the lots are more mature.
Here is the Taylorsville catch, and it is the opposite of a warm-weather slab market. The Salt Lake Valley frost line is deep, so foundations go down anyway and basements are the norm. The hub guide puts it plainly: these homes frequently sit over finished basements that effectively double the living space. So a home listed as one story here almost always has the bedrooms and living on the main level and a finished or unfinished basement below, which means one main level with a staircase down, not the whole house on a slab. Read the stories field and the floor plan rather than assume from the front photo.
The other thing to watch for is the split-entry. Taylorsville's 1970s and 1980s subdivisions carry a lot of them, and a split-entry photographs almost exactly like a rambler from the curb while it actually runs a few short flights between half-levels.
Most of the spread between the cheapest and dearest rambler on a block is updates, so vintage homework matters: the budget end and the homes under $500K tier hold the un-updated ramblers, while a documented roof, furnace, and panel push a home toward the top. Earlier in the process than show me listings? Start with the Taylorsville guide for the whole picture, and when a home below reads right, that is the moment to reach out.
What counts as single-story here
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Rambler over a basement: the signature Taylorsville build. One main level with the bedrooms and living up top and a finished or unfinished basement below grade that often doubles the usable space. The staircase is real, so plan for it.
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True single-level: the whole house on one floor with no stairs down. It exists in the older rambler stock and some mid-century homes, but it is less common than the rambler-over-basement, so verify it on the listing.
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Mid-century pocket: older single-level homes near the historic Taylorsville and Bennion cores, character and mature lots, with a full fifty-plus-year homework list on roof, furnace, panel, and sewer lateral.
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Read the listing, not the photo: the stories field and the floor plan tell the truth. A split-entry steps a half-flight each way but can look like a rambler from the street.
The local map
Where the single-story homes actually are.
Single-level homes turn up across Taylorsville, but they concentrate in a few patterns read by the city's own landmarks: the river side and the two historic cores hold the oldest, and the rest is 1970s-through-1990s tract fill. There is no official neighborhood map here, so think in landmarks, and always confirm the actual city and school boundary on an edge listing. Here is where to look.
The east, along the Jordan River
The blocks toward the city's east boundary, where the Jordan River Parkway forms a green seam and Millrace Park anchors the trail access. This is the original 1848 settlement geography, so it holds some of the oldest single-level and mid-century stock, on mature lots with the shortest hop across the river to Murray's hospital and rail.
Bennion country, the southwest
The soft footprint of the historic Bennion settlement, landmarked by Bennion Junior High at 6055 S 2700 W. Older ramblers and mid-century homes sit on larger, established lots here. The historic boundary was never crisply drawn, so treat Bennion as a compass direction with heritage attached, not a gated label.
The campus district around SLCC
The center of the city around 4600 S Redwood Road, where Salt Lake Community College's flagship campus, its student traffic, and the MVX bus line meet the main north-south artery. Single-level homes near here carry a steady demand floor from the campus and the commercial services that cluster along Redwood Road.
The 2700 West corridor
The 2700 West spine carries the state-office cluster and Valley Regional Park, the grounds for Taylorsville Dayzz each June. Ramblers on the blocks off this corridor put you near the city's institutional job center and its largest park, in the heart of the 1970s-90s tract fill.
The west edge toward Bangerter
The west blocks toward Bangerter Highway and the Kearns line sit closest to the upgraded interchanges at 5400 South and 6200 South. Single-level homes out here are tract-era stock; check the ramps and any sound walls for the specific block, and the Utah Olympic Oval is minutes west in adjacent Kearns.
The 1970s-90s tract fill in between
Between the river and Bangerter, one continuous suburban fabric of 1970s-through-1990s ramblers and split-entries fills the map. This is the deepest pool of single-level stock in the city, so the real variable is not location but condition: the age of the roof, furnace, and panel, and whether the basement is finished.
Before you tour: what to actually check
Stories field vs. photos: a split-entry photographs like a rambler from the street. Check the listing's stories count and the floor plan, not just the front shot, before you assume it is one level.
Basement and its finish: the norm here, and a finished basement often doubles the living space. Confirm whether the square footage is all on the main level or includes a finished or unfinished lower floor, and what is actually complete down there.
Era and systems: an older rambler or a mid-century home near the historic cores is worth a hard look at the age of the roof, furnace, electrical panel, and sewer lateral, and whether a renovation was documented or just cosmetic. Updates are most of the price spread here.
Entry and thresholds: if a level, no-step entry matters to you, look at the porch, the garage step, and the doorways in person rather than guessing from the listing photos.
City and school boundary: Taylorsville's edges thread between West Valley City, Kearns, West Jordan, and Murray. On an edge listing, verify the actual city and the Granite School District boundary for the specific address.
The utility districts: water and sewer come from the independent Taylorsville-Bennion Improvement District, not the city. Budget from the district's published schedule, and remember a single level spreads out and eats more of the lot than a stacked plan.
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Tell me your budget, the part of Taylorsville you like, and whether you need true one-level with no stairs at all or simply everything on the main floor over a basement. I will connect you with a trusted Taylorsville-area partner agent for the on-the-ground work and stay on the file for the homework and the financing. You get a local who knows the streets and a second set of eyes who answers to you.
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Quick answers
Single-story shopping, answered.
On a Utah listing sheet the word you will see is rambler, the local name for a single-story home, what other markets call a ranch. It means the main living space sits on one level, and the rambler is the signature Taylorsville build from the 1970s and 1980s. The detail worth knowing is that basements are the norm in the Salt Lake Valley, so a single-story here usually sits over a full basement, which means one main level with a staircase down rather than the whole house on a slab. Read the listing for the lower level and I am happy to read it with you.
Usually, yes. The valley frost line is deep, so foundations go down anyway and basements are common. In Taylorsville's resale stock a finished basement is a core selling point, often effectively doubling the living space, which is part of the value case for the city's 1970s-90s homes. If you want a true one-level home with no stairs at all, tell me and I will have the local agent filter for it.
All across the 1970s-through-1990s tract fill that makes up most of the city, between the Jordan River and Bangerter Highway. The oldest single-level and mid-century stock sits near the two historic cores, the original Taylorsville settlement by the river and Bennion in the southwest. Because the whole city is one continuous suburban fabric, the real variable is condition rather than location, and the live listings above are the honest count on any given week.
A rambler is a true single-level home with the main rooms on one floor. A split-entry runs a few short flights of stairs between half-levels, and Taylorsville's older subdivisions have a lot of them, which is why the hub guide pairs ramblers, split-entries, and two-story homes as the defining stock. A split-entry can photograph like a rambler from the street, so if you want one level with no stairs at all, check the listing's stories count rather than the front photo.
One level can run a little more per square foot, because the roof and the foundation have to span a wider footprint than a two-story home with the same square footage stacked. That said, Taylorsville is an attainable middle-valley market: the median owner value runs around $433,800 and the recent median sale near $500,000, both below the Salt Lake County and Utah figures. Most of the price spread on a block is updates, the roof, furnace, and panel, so the live listings above are the real answer on any given week.
Tell me the budget, the part of town, and whether you want a true zero-step entry or just one main level over a basement, and I will connect you with a Taylorsville-area partner agent and flag matching listings as they go live. I stay on the file for the financing side too, so you can line up your numbers and tour the good ones before the weekend crowd does. Start by telling me what you are after on the contact page.